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A – It begins to rain the alphabetAardvark – An aardvark and a nosy antAardwolf – Running for asylum in AfricaAba – What was under the aba of Taj Hafez?Aback – Kid sister invents a Gucci time machineAbacus – The endless readerAbaddon – A man and his cat go to HellAbaft – An old whaler is hauntedAbalone – Otters playing pokerAbandon – Dear sir…À bas – Harold disagrees with the 5-year-planAbase – The king of the jungle consults a crowAbash – The tale of the WendigoAbate – Can’t sleep, can’t writeAbatis – Rome at its barricadeAbattoir – The mundane life of a slaughterhouse foremanAbaxial – A badger meets a cobraAbbey – Former alcoholic makes a poor monkAbbreviate – Two men were sitting outside a hospital…Abdicate – A king steps down from his throneAbdomen – An ordinary examinationAbduct – Aliens, once, abducted meAbeam – Mermaid by her lonesomeAbecedarian – An abecedarian unleashes an alphabet rainAberrant – An aberrant thing in Nicole’s mindAbet – “Have you ever done anything criminal?”Abeyance – Monster arrives to settle a debt with Olaf EriksonAbhor – Caught fish offers rube wishAbide – It’s a dog’s lifeAbility – Rose foretells the fate of a kingdomAbiogenesis – How we come to Once Upon a TimeAbirritant – Crow fools JohnnyAbject – Gray island is a gray paradiseAbjure – “I abjure writing!” the ragman saidAblactation – Piglet debates a dogAblation – Johann Strauss, the glacierAblaze – I would tell you of the night the stars…Able – Portnoy climbs his mountainAblegate – Pope’s envoy considers his fate in the Far EastAbloom – Eagle and fox share an unrequited loveAbluent – An old man waxes poetic in CoopersvilleAblution – Pigeons leave for New York and salvationAbnegate – Bob’s agent wants a better bookAbnormal – Captain Mallory observes Robin Smith and a tigerAboard – A secret place on the Pacific Coast HighwayAbode – The abode of Leonard Ephraim is deceptiveAbolish – There were too many broken hearts in SacksvilleAbomasum – Farm goes fallow as farmer cares for his cowAbominable – A tale of yetiAboriginal – My father hunted the old people of this desertAbort – Strange phenomena at NASAAbound – Carmenita…About – “What is this about?”Aboutface – The Pony Express is retiredAboutship – Man falls from the mastAbove – Space circus robs a stingy monarchAboveboard – Poker game takes dramatic turnAb ovo – The birth of Helen of TroyAbracadabra – Very old wizard’s hobbyAbradant – Talking shark storms the deck and leaves a messAbranchiate – Go down, abranchiate…Abrasion – The story of the ColossusAbreact – A drunkard in a ghost houseAbreast – Forest creatures assemble for warAbridge – My grandfather was a conman of Biblical proportionsAbroach – The end of a speakeasyAbroad – Nostalgic love lost and found in MilanAbrogate – Dear New York…Abrupt – A rude attempt to eat a sleeping manAbscess – Treating a sick dogAbscission – Words carved in a cold caveAbscond – The brief, unhappy life of Maurice the SnailAbsence – A free turtle, brieflyAbsinthe – A strong drink in a fantastical placeAbsolute – Why the lion is the king of the jungleAbsolution – Karen Kelly Kieran got married on a MondayAbsorb – A final message from some rebellious towelsAbstain – Russian cousins remove themselvesAbstemious – Reverend Placid could not resist this one sinAbsterge – Kitten opens its eyes for the first timeAbstinence – That torrid love affair is over, they said…Abstract – Abstract paintings inspire concrete criticsmAbstruse – Margot…Absurd – I was absurd today. I must regret it not…Abulia – Rodent makes a lethal deal with a snakeAbundance – Little rabbit, where are you going?Abuse – A fearsome captain’s final orderAbut – Poet woos his married neighborAbutment – The natives of Tiki-Free hit an architectural snagAbuzz – An engineer and his small mechanical manAby – Prisoner of war meets some miceAbysmal – Our roadtrip was not so long agoAbyss – A tale from when the Universe was youngAcademy – A silly academy is founded in the age of VictoriaAcanthoid – Beset by bandits and left for deadA cappella – As the last licks of summer…A capriccio – The sonata no. 5, the Baldacci SuiteAcariasis – The infestation started on the Winslow farmAcarpous – Ino’s Plant – Part IAcatalectic – Dear Nathaniel…

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"All the while I have been forgetting the third of my reasons for remaining so faithful a citizen of the Federation, despite all the lascivious inducements from expatriates to follow them beyond the seas, and all the surly suggestions from patriots that I succumb. It is for the reason which grows out of my medieval but unashamed taste for the bizarre and indelicate, my congenital weakness for comedy of the grosser varieties. The United States, to my eye, is incomparably the greatest show on earth."